Aquaculture in solar greenhouses
The practice of aquaculture in the New Alchemists' Ark on Cape Cod, MA, in translucent fiberglass tanks utilized for solar energy heat storage is described. The Ark solar greenhouse is utilized for vegetable, fruit, fish, and tree seedling production and incorporates the aquaculture tanks as passive heat collectors and storage units. The fiberglass tanks are 5 ft in diameter and contain algae, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and bacteria that serve as food, oxygen producers, and fish waste processors. Tanks inside the greenhouse contain warm water fish while containers in the courtyard area contain hardier fish. The algae cells also trap and store heat. A reflective north wall directs light toward the ponds inside and a white concave reflecting wall is used for the courtyard ponds.
- OSTI ID:
- 5380604
- Journal Information:
- Alternative Sources Energy; (United States), Journal Name: Alternative Sources Energy; (United States) Vol. 37; ISSN ASEND
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ALGAE
ANIMALS
AQUACULTURE
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BUILDINGS
CONTAINERS
EQUIPMENT
FISHES
GREENHOUSES
HEATING SYSTEMS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PHYTOPLANKTON
PLANKTON
PLANTS
PONDS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
TANKS
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
VERTEBRATES